diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balancesheetequity.txt b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balancesheetequity.txt
index 7b4aa39a1..ce15dfc6f 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balancesheetequity.txt
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Balancesheetequity.txt
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ This command is a higher-level variant of the balance command, and
 supports many of that command's features, such as multi-period reports.
 It is similar to hledger balance -H assets liabilities equity, but with
 smarter account detection, and liabilities/equity displayed with their
-sign flipped. It is the easiest way to see if the accounting equation is
-satisfied (A+L+E = 0).
+sign flipped.
+
+This report is the easiest way to see if the accounting equation (A+L+E
+= 0) is satisfied (after you have done a close --retain to merge
+revenues and expenses with equity, and perhaps added --infer-equity to
+balance your commodity conversions).
 
 This command also supports the output destination and output format
 options The output formats supported are txt, csv, tsv, html, and json.